Tiree, Hough
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Tiree, Hough
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 21429
Site Number NL94NE 20
NGR NL 9588 4518
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21429
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NL94NE 20 9588 4518
When visited in 1972, stone 'A' was identified as a standing stone, measuring 1.8m high and 1.0m by 0.8m at base. The remaining stones of the circle were dismissed as "several scattered boulders to the S and W".
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (D W R) 26 June 1972.
(NL 9588 4518) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1977)
This stone circle, (first noted by Beveridge 1903) is oval on plan, measuring 33m from NE to SW by at least 40m transversely. It consists of ten stones, only one of which is intact and upright; five others have been reduced to stumps, while the rest have fallen. The spacing of the stones suggests that at least two have been removed. The upright stone is 1.8m high and tapers to a pointed top. In the centre of the circle there is a low, roughly circular, mound measuring about 14m in diameter.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1975; E Beveridge 1903.
